HII - Michael Lempke to Lead HII's Australia Business | Benzinga
MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII's (NYSE:HII) Mission Technologies division announced that Michael Lempke will lead HII Australia business efforts, effective Jan. 1, 2024. Lempke will direct HII's business in-country and specifically in support of the Australia-United Kingdom-United States (AUKUS) trilateral partnership. Lempke also serves as president of Mission Technologies' Nuclear and Environmental Services business group.
Since 2017, as the president of the Nuclear and Environmental Services business group, Lempke has led HII's work maintaining a nuclear stewardship culture for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on complex projects crucial to U.S. national security, the advancement of science and technology, and the protection of people and the environment.
Lempke also supervised the implementation of programs to build and maintain the education and training of a future nuclear workforce in local communities that prioritizes attracting, training, and retaining top talent.
For HII in Australia, Lempke will be responsible for leveraging HII expertise in unmanned systems, C5ISR operations, the application of AI and machine learning, and nuclear shipbuilding expertise in support of AUKUS.